Seiwynn

This is why I am beginning to consider NoScript essential for web-browsing.

This is a pretty awesome response to a not so well disguised homework problem.

I'm a little disturbed at his population distribution in the final city. Scary how his optimal city has no one over age 60.

Or even:

Do you know that photocopiers store image on a hard drive? 1) Yes 2) No

vs

When you photocopy an image, the photocopier... 1) saves the image to a hard disk permanently. 2) temporarily stores the image until the copy is finished. 3) other

The first question leads people to lie in order to not be seen as ignorant.

Doesn't seem like the best place for getting work done. He should think about remodelling.

Are we really still having this discussion?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1255858

I'd like to think that both sides are clear -

Steve Jobs - "We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and hinders the progress of the platform."

My point of view said well by the author of the article I linked - "Crappy developers will make crappy apps regardless of how many layers there are, and it doesn’t make sense to limit source-to-source conversion tools like Unity3D and others. They’re all building apps through the iPhone developer tools in the end so the situation isn’t even comparable to the Mac where applications can completely avoid using Apple’s frameworks by replacing them with others."

At this point I think we've reached the point of "agree to disagree", where neither side is going to change the other's mind.

He states in the article that giving your boss advanced notice is based on the relationship you have with him/her.

ITA: "(Now don’t get me wrong: if you work for bosses who have a legalistic, transactional mindset, by all means give two weeks notice. I gave 4 months notice once to a boss with that mindset and was duly punished for it. But hopefully if you are at a startup you work with people who have the startup, relationship-centric mindset.)"

So I'm thinking this applies to me but I'm not sure.

I work part time at a company and they pay me directly as a contractor. I do all my work there and am subject to their workplace regulations.

Could the company and I potentially be at risk?

I love the "Free Shipping" sticker on the left side of the ebay page.

I can't imagine selling a company on ebay, I wouldnt think that people visit ebay looking for companies to purchase.

That said, if it does work out for them, it probably is at a lower commission than other more standard methods.

It initially blocks all, and you can choose to allow js from domains on a case by case basis.

For example, on the Hacker News main page, i allow js from ycombinator.com and forbid js from co2stats.com

I never said that all mitigation efforts are futile, only that I think the money could be better spent helping poor countries in other ways. Like I said, I think treating disease is a treating a symptom, instead of trying to treat the main problem.

But as I said, I could be wrong. Either ways, props to Gates for trying to help out.

>It would matter to me if someone saved my life from sickness, even if I did die of starvation shortly afterwards.

I'm not sure if the money would stretch this far, but what if instead of saving you, the money was spent developing the country in a way that would save 10x more people. Looking at this problem from a personal perspective gets in the way of doing the most good for the most number of people.

>I don't understand. By that logic, action is only worthwhile if there is exactly one form of suffering. Surely that can't be right.

Or action is worthwhile if it treats multiple forms, which I believe infrastructure development would do.

Perhaps I'm wrong and vaccination is the first step in the path to pull the countries out of poverty.

I disagree, simply saving someone's life from a sickness doesn't matter, if they die from starvation because there is not enough food in the country.

It is exactly like marciovm123 says, "This sort of spending tugs at the heart strings but unfortunately it can actually be quite counter-productive at improving the lives of people in undeveloped regions."

If a country is really that badly off, what difference does it make if we save people from one form of suffering only to have them be subjected to a different form. I agree with some of the above statements that the money would be better spent developing the infrastructure of 3rd world countries, rather than trying to solve a more isolated problem. Simply making vaccines cheaper is treating a symptom and not the problem itself.

* badges/points * check-ins * leader boards * mayorships * simplicity * nostalgia

Hacker News has at least 3 of these.

I have really mixed feelings about this article.

I really feel like this guy, Craig, who is suing the debt collectors is a hacker for finding the information about possible violations and pursing it legally.

I am also all for punishing debt collectors for actions that abuse debtors.

However, there are several things that rub me the wrong way.

1) The fact that it is easier (less expensive) for a company to settle a case for $1K, rather than fight and win a case while costing themselves $10k gives the companies no incentive to fight back. Also, The plaintiff is already in debt and is having trouble paying, so what would a company get out of counter suing?

2) Statements like - "Katz doesn't believe that people are morally obligated to pay back their debts." and "People are brainwashed to think that paying a credit card is more important than paying for the necessities of life." - Maybe if people spent more time worrying about the necessities of life and less about luxury they wouldn't be in debt in the first place.